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João Costa Menezes
João Costa Menezes is a London-based Portugal, Portuguese film actor, film producer and film director. After a degree in law by the University of Coimbra and three years working as a lawyer in Portugal, João decided to move to London in 1998, to follow an acting career. He got his first acting job in 1999, in the BBC series ''Sunburn (TV series), Sunburn'', playing ''Luis''. After that, he appeared in series such as ''Gormenghast (TV serial), Gormenghast'' and ''Jonathan Creek''. In London, he took a film course at the London Film School and a few workshops at Raindance Film Festival, Raindance . His first short film as a director, actor and producer ''Zero (2000 film), Zero'', was shot in London in 2000. It was awarded a special prize at the Huesca Short Film Festival, Spain. In 2001 he directed his first feature film, ''Akasha (film), Akasha'', a no-budget film shot in video, distributed in Russia, nominated for the Méliès d'Argent 2001. It was premiered in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |